Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1924

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,248
2	Dorothy	611
3	Margaret	550
4	Helen	416
5	Ruth	409
6	Betty	403
7	Doris	392
8	Elizabeth	306
9	Anna	301
10	Catherine	288
11	Mildred	260
12	Frances	236
13	Virginia	223
14	Marie	202
15	Evelyn	189
16	Lillian	182
17	Alice	152
18	Thelma	141
19	Gladys	133
20	Florence	131
21	Ethel	128
22	Shirley	125
23	Jean	116
24	Louise	111
25	Irene	106
25	Sarah	106
27	Charlotte	100
28	Edith	99
29	Edna	95
30	Jane	94
31	Eleanor	92
31	Gertrude	92
33	Audrey	89
34	Agnes	88
35	Grace	87
36	Norma	86
37	Emma	85
37	Gloria	85
39	Martha	83
40	Hilda	82
41	Rose	81
42	Josephine	80
43	Ida	79
44	Clara	77
45	Marjorie	76
46	Ann	75
47	Hazel	74
47	Katherine	74
49	Elsie	72
49	Marion	72

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,096
2	John	922
3	James	766
4	Charles	741
5	Robert	676
6	George	479
7	Joseph	446
8	Edward	295
9	Richard	280
10	Thomas	278
11	Harry	212
12	Walter	185
13	Frank	174
14	Donald	169
15	Raymond	162
16	Paul	160
17	Albert	159
18	Francis	156
19	Henry	147
20	Howard	141
21	Bernard	130
22	Kenneth	126
23	Harold	117
24	Clarence	116
25	Earl	114
26	Calvin	109
26	Samuel	109
28	Melvin	106
29	Louis	104
30	Arthur	103
31	David	101
32	Norman	93
33	Ralph	88
34	Eugene	85
35	Lawrence	84
36	Stanley	83
37	Herbert	82
38	Frederick	80
39	Ernest	78
40	Carl	74
40	Leonard	74
42	Daniel	68
42	Elmer	68
44	Alfred	66
44	Jack	66
46	Vernon	64
47	Leroy	63
48	Russell	61
49	Andrew	59
49	Anthony	59